Husna was a Pakistani actress in the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. She was first introduced as a child star in film ''Jan-e-Bahar'' (1958) and played the daughter of Sudhir and
Musarrat Nazir
Musarrat Nazir Khawaja ( ur, ; born 13 October 1937) is a Pakistani singer and film actress, who acted in many Urdu and Punjabi films. She, many years later, also sang solo, mostly wedding and folk songs.
Early life
Her parents were a Punjab ...
. She appeared in such films as ''Changez Khan'' (1958) and ''Ajab Khan'' (1961).
She never became a top heroine and mainly played the side-heroine or vamp roles in
Urdu
Urdu (;"Urdu" '' Punjabi films during her long career. Then came her big breakthrough in the block buster film ''Ajab Khan'' (1961), starring again opposite Sudhir. She appeared in ''Rani Khan'' (1960) and ''Dosti'' (1971), among other musical films. She retired after making over 150 films.Profile of actress Husna on Pakistan Film Magazine website Retrieved 20 January 2022
Major films
* ''Jaan-e-Bahar'' (1958)
* ''Changez Khan'' (1958)
* ''Nagin'' (1959)
* ''Rani Khan'' (1960)
* ''Farishta'' (1961)
* ''Ajab Khan'' (1961)Husna in film Ajab Khan (1961) Dawn (newspaper), Published 28 March 2021, Retrieved 4 July 2021
* ''
Shaheed
''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); ...
* Husna received the ''Best Supporting Actress'' Nigar Award in 1972 for film ''Sabaq''.
See also
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List of Lollywood actors
Lists of Pakistani actors are split by gender.
* List of Pakistani actresses
* List of Pakistani male actors
This is an alphabetical list of notable Pakistani male film and television actors:
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* Aagha Ali
* Abdullah Ejaz
* Abdullah Kad ...